Lavish Lace: Knitting with Hand-Painted Yarns

by Carol R. Noble, Cheryl Potter

Does lace have to be knit on size 0 needles and take years to complete? No! Let this primer on knitted lace put any worries to rest. Go from a skein of fiber to a fantastic finished piece with this unique approach.

Simple techniques, helpful hints, and an extraordinary palette of colorways will inspire you to play with the possibilities of hand-painted yarns. In these beautiful designs, the yarn does the work for you!

• Create over a dozen scarves and shawls that guarantee no hassles with fitting or shaping--one size fits all

• Have fun with an incredible variety of exotic textures, colors, and fibers

• Catch on to techniques quickly with a bounty of specialized tips for beginning to advanced patterns

Genres: Knitting, Crafts, Nonfiction

80 pages, Paperback

First published August 16, 2004

About the author

Carol Rasmussen Noble is a designer who has been selling custom clothing patterns since 1980. Cheryl Potter is a fiber artist who has written and designed for Vogue Knitting, Knitter's, Family Circle Easy Knitting, and Interweave Knits. Cheryl is also the owner of the yarn company Cherry Tree Hill Inc.

Hometown: Reno, Nevada, and Barton, Vermont

(Barnes and Noble)

Reviews

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Go beyond the basics with little effort

Now Knitted Lace Really Is for Everyone.
The combination of design and the use of hand-painted yarn allows you to produce presents that people look forward to getting. That is if you can give them up. I found the “Ocean Blue” design the most striking.

The book has beautifully pictured and easy-to-understand patterns. An added plus is the use of Cherry Tree Hill Inc. yarn. Cherry Tree Hill Inc. is owned by Cheryl Potter. There is even a section on hand dying.

The book itself has large front and back flaps that can be used for bookmarks

[Kelly (Maybedog) · Rating 3 out of 5]

While there is nothing particularly unusual or interesting about the lace in this book, (not even unusual uses: most are scarves or shawls) the items are very pretty and I can see myself making a lot of them. It looks like a good general lace book for someone new to lace knitting who might then branch off into something more interesting and elaborate.

[Mortira · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lavish Lace is an interesting exploration of color - particularly the effects of variegated yarns on lace knitting techniques. This would make an excellent source of inspiration for experienced knitters, but there isn't much instruction on the basics for the novice.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very simple lace projects, great for the beginner or afraid-of-lace knitter.

[Patti · Rating 5 out of 5]

great ideas on knitting with painted yarns